Greek Wedding Cookies

Greek Wedding Cookies take less than an hour to make, use simple pantry ingredients, and are so crumbly, soft, and tasty!

Course Breakfast/Dessert, Dessert, Dessert or snack, Snack

Cuisine Greek

Keyword Greek Cookies, greek wedding cookie, Greek wedding cookies, Kourabiedes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings cookies

Calories 197kcal

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Spread ground almonds in a shallow baking pan. Toast for 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Reduce oven heat to 325°F.
1 cup ground almonds
In a bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar, and mix well. Stir in almonds and vanilla extract.
1 cup unsalted butter, 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar, 1 egg yolk, 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract, 1 cup ground almonds
In a bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing together until smooth.
2 cups all-purpose flour, 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch off walnut-sized pieces of dough and shape them into crescents. Add them to a non-greased baking sheet, spacing the cookies 1-inch apart.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until very lightly browned. Allow the cookies to cool on racks for 5 minutes after removing from the oven.
Sift half of 3 cups powdered sugar over wax paper. Transfer the cookies to it. Sift the remaining powdered sugar over the cookies to coat them. Let them stand until cooled, then store in an airtight container until ready to enjoy.
3 cups powdered sugar

Try different shapes: You can shape these cookies into balls, oblong footballs, or larger crescents. Just remember, if you're shaping them into larger balls, they may require a few more minutes of baking time than our smaller crescents.
Make it into a food gift: Try giving these as food presents! Put in a mason jar with a festive ribbon, and these cookies make an excellent holiday food gift.